Micro,
Hitting F8 doesn't do anything. I'm thinking I need to do a restore - but not sure how at this point. That's why the question about can I and if so, how do I do a restore from the Bios - I can get to the Bios - hopefully I have the right term there - when it starts to boot up.
I do the start-up, the computer goes through boot-up. Small log in window opens up showing Administrator as the user and the password line is blank. I have the password for the administrator disabled, so I just leave that blank and it continues to boot up - can't remember is Windows tries to start before or after the password - but Windows starts up, goes at least through loading personal settings, then my current background for Windows appears, but nothing else appears on the screen - no icons, no quick start bar at the bottom - nothing but the background. All this takes quite a while to happen.
And yes, ArVee, until these issues started, I've not ever had to do the login thing - computer has always started, booted up, Windows starts, and everything is just fine. But not now.
Leading up to this, I noticed Microsoft Excel slowed down quite a bit and had started locking up. I have website that I copy some stuff into an Excel file every weekday morning and the last few mornings before this last issue, Excel started locking up during the paste phase.
I think the computer is actually booting up far enough that folding has started and is running in the background - but I can't see it or tell because all that shows on the desktop is my background. I've deduced that it's running because of the points that show up.
Thanks!
Sun :-)
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